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Message:: [QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 7073582, member: 5833"]This was the so-far unique case of my buying something on 1st Dibs.  A California jewellery establishment, offered me a reduced price (still not cheap) when replying to my question of whether the bail was removable in some way.  I asked because in pix the C clasp was clearly hinged, which means the piece converts between pin & pendant.  They told me the bail was fixed, which seemed very odd to me, given the quality of the piece. Then, after I had done the deal, the woman I was corresponding with there wrote excitedly that while she was packing it up she had discovered that the bail screws out, that it looked like hinge/pin could also be unscrewed, although she was afraid to try it.  And so it is: hinge with pin can be removed, clasp folds down for wear as a pendant. First thing I did when it arrived was check for a signature.  Think they were annoyed when I told them.  That's OK.  I paid enough.  It's part of a set with earrings, which are not signed.  Over time have seen some evidence that it was not the practice, when producing a group of cameos to be sold together, to sign all of them. [ATTACH=full]421533[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]